Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1306-1311 , October 2009

Comparison of survival and embryonic development in human oocytes cryopreserved by slow-freezing and vitrification

  • Yun-Xia Cao, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yun-Xia Cao, M.D., Ph.D. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, People's Republic of China (FAX: 86-551-516-0238).
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  • Qiong Xing, M.D.
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  • Li Li, M.D.
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  • Lin Cong, M.D.
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  • Zhi-Guo Zhang, M.S.
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  • Zhao-Lian Wei, M.D.
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  • Ping Zhou, M.D.

Received 11 July 2008 ,Revised 4 August 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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 Y-X.C. has nothing to disclose. Q.X. has nothing to disclose. L.L. has nothing to disclose. L.C. has nothing to disclose. Z-G.Z. has nothing to disclose. Z-L.W. has nothing to disclose. P.Z. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03556-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.069

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1306-1311 , October 2009

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